Turn off only wireless card in AEBS?

The drop down menu 'Wireless Mode' in AirPort Utility has an option to turn off the wireless. Does this physically switches off the wireless card in the AEBS so it doesn't use power anymore and subsequently doesn't emit anything through the antenna? Could someone please shine a light on this? Thanks very much - Jos

So, I opened the thing and did some measurements which indicate the card is almost completely shut down except for appr. 15 mA power still flowing. Here are the results:
With card installed, WLAN and LAN (3 x) connected:
- starting up: 370 mA (yellow LED steady)
- started up: 450 mA (yellow LED flashing)
- wireless mode OFF: 530 mA (green LED steady)
- wireless mode ON 10 % power: 700 mA
- wireless mode ON 100 % power: 710 mA
Without card, WLAN and LAN (3 x) connected:
- starting up: 360 mA (yellow LED steady)
- started up : 420 mA (yellow LED flashing)
- online through W/LAN: 520 mA (green LED steady)
So, the card burns about 180 mA @ 12 V (2,2 W) which is appr. 1/4th of the total power consumption.

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